I really enjoyed the read.

Thanks!

Personally, I agree with you. I work somewhat differently, but am highly effective.

I managed a team of very high-functioning C++ programmers, for one of the top imaging companies in the world, for 25 years. I kept employees for decades, and that’s no secret. I mention it frequently, here, and my entire career is an open book. I've been an active software engineer for over 35 years, and shipping software, that entire time.

There's a [vanishingly small, I know] chance that I used a couple more techniques than simply counting CIs.